Ivor's footplate

Yes, I've finally returned to the Ivor the Engine build, or at least managed to find an evening to devote to it. 

We're moving on to the body, I want to have some of it assembled to check the drive unit will fit inside, before putting the motor/gearbox into the chassis. 

This all starts by bending up the footplate. It's interesting to see how the designer has had to cope with this somewhat unconventional design. At this stage, it's all a bit floppy, apart from the buffer beam, which makes up into a nice box. Soldering with my 45W iron is going well, no need to resort to the gas iron yet.I think the amount of brass will demand this fairly soon though.